May 8 Kuroki | 饗 くろ喜

Style: Shio w/ Chicken or Shoyu w/ DuckBowl to Crush: Ajitama Kamo-Soba on Fridays; Tokusei Shio Soba on all other days (味玉鴨そば or 特製塩そば)

Kuroki is the premier ramen shop in Akihabara, an area of Tokyo that brings a strong ramen game, offering lots of high-quality shops. The master, Kuroki-san, is best known for his shio, which is exquisitely delicate and made with chicken. He also serves a popular miso and offers two varieties of fresh house-made noodles for any order. All of Kuroki-san's ramen creations are special – hand prepared with high-quality ingredients – but his most unforgettable dish is only available on Fridays.

Every Friday, ramen heads descend on Kuroki for their end-of-week specialty, a shoyu ramen made with duck (also available as tsukemen). The soup is duck-based and the bowl is topped with thick slabs of juicy duck meat and a thin slice of fresh Japanese kabosu citrus. You will be given a choice between hoso-men (thin, straight noodles) and temomi-men (handmade medium-width, wavy noodles).

There's no other bowl quite like this in Tokyo. One of the very best duck ramens in the scene. A must-eat. Only on Fridays! Damn.